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8VC

@8vc

8VC is a leading technology investment firm based in Austin, Texas.

Austin, Texas

8vc.com

Joined September 2010

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8VC
@8vc
Apr 7
There's a reason @cognition keeps winning deals against companies 10x their size. @vvkgopalan sat down with @theodormarcu, @bryceehunt and @moritz_stephan (all former founders!) to discuss hiring philosophy, infinity stories, enterprise coding agents, and what it actually takes
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Jack Moshkovich
@jack_moshkovich
Jun 9
Working with close friends is one of the rare privileges this job gives you. Watching them go from idea to a real ~business~ is an even bigger one. Proud to call these guys friends. Excited for everyone to finally see what they've been building for the last two years.
Daniel A. Saedi (DataManDan)
@TheRealDanSaedi
Jun 9
AI can now read your customers' minds. We raised a $20M Series A lead by 8VC & Lingotto to build this. Introducing Minerva, built in collaboration with OpenAI:
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Joe Lonsdale
@JTLonsdale
Jun 9
Two US aviators went down near the Strait of Hormuz. DoW used an autonomous @Saronic Corsair to find and bring them home - the 1st drone rescue at sea in military history. This is why we build: to keep our troops safe. This was science fiction. American builders made it real 🇺🇸.
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Luke Bugbee
@bugmango
Jun 9
In the Summer of 2022 @MavrookasD asked @8vc's design team to mock up scenes of what it would look like to have an autonomous vessel rescue a warfighter in distress. Almost exactly 4 years later @Saronic is worth 9.25bn and is rescuing warfighters in distress. 🚀
OSINTtechnical
@Osinttechnical
Jun 9
A Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessel rescued the Army AH-64 Apache crew after they crashed near the Strait of Hormuz in the waters of Oman yesterday, the first-ever rescue of downed aircrew by a drone boat -WSJ
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TBPN
@tbpn
Jun 8
Generalist CEO @peteflorence says robotics models are in a transition period similar to the step change between GPT-2 and GPT-3. They're "starting to cross over into levels of performance where these things are commercially viable for a number of different applications." "We
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Vals AI
@ValsAI
Jun 9
AI is creating problems it still can’t solve. The same technology poised to automate millions of jobs still can’t reliably help people navigate SNAP — the food assistance program 40 million Americans depend on. We built the first benchmark to measure that. Partnering with
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Joe Lonsdale
@JTLonsdale
Jun 5
In the 1980s, the US produced 80% of global enriched uranium. Today that number is zero -- and we rely on Russia instead! @ScottNolan & @generalmatter are solving this crisis; he’s jumpstarting America's nuclear renaissance, and makes us all more bullish on its scale & speed.
American Optimist
@AmOptimistShow
Jun 5
EPISODE 157: Scott Nolan on the AI Energy Crisis & America's Nuclear Renaissance @JTLonsdale sits down with @ScottNolan Lessons from SpaceX early days; building @generalmatter; why we rely on Russia; how we fell behind China; nuclear power in space; and more! (00:00) Episode
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8VC
@8vc
Jun 4
Robotics is going to get its Claude Code moment long before its ChatGPT moment. Everyone keeps waiting on the big general-purpose humanoid demo, the one that's supposed to make the whole thing click. But that's not how LLMs broke through. Coding got there first. It was narrow,
Announcing our Investment in Generalist | Posts | 8VC
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Pete Florence
@peteflorence
Jun 4
It takes a village, over half a billion in total funding, a lot of compute, and an incredible team to build general intelligence for the physical world. Join us:
Generalist
@GeneralistAI
Jun 4
We've raised $400M in new funding. This capital goes toward one mission: building general intelligence for the physical world and making it useful to everyone.
Careers - Generalist AI
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Alex Kolicich
@AlexKolicich
Jun 4
Ten years ago I set out to find the team building general robotic intelligence, and @GeneralistAI is it Their rigor, approach, and work on scaling laws give them the best shot at resolving Moravec's paradox this decade Why we love them:
Generalist
@GeneralistAI
Jun 4
We've raised $400M in new funding. This capital goes toward one mission: building general intelligence for the physical world and making it useful to everyone.
Announcing our Investment in Generalist | Posts | 8VC
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Eric Glyman
@eglyman
Jun 4
Today, Ramp raised $750M at a $44B valuation. Last time we grew this fast, we were 1/20th the size. For 2000 years, business was built on two pillars. Today, a third: intelligence. It’s your least governed cost. It’s also your single greatest opportunity.
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Sebastian Caliri
@SebastianCaliri
Jun 4
You might have access to a cardiologist or dermatologist, but many Americans do not. In fact >50% ofthe counties in the US don’t have a single practicing cardiologist. This is in part why @martinvars founded Certuma and why we are proud to have led the seed round at @8vc. This
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8VC
@8vc
Jun 3
Our design team is incredible. Custom microsite for our Rocket League tournament this Friday with @cognition. Melee and other games will be featured as well. @ScottWu46 will probably school everyone, but that shouldn't stop you from trying. Limited spots @
Evan
@DrCapsoul
Jun 3
Built a micro site for the @cognition @8vc Rocket League Tournament ⚽️🚗 Complete with a custom modeled Fennec body kit and cognition livery
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Devin Cup — Rocket League Tournament by Cognition
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